Esri Redistricting allows you to search for and locate geographic entities such as places, coordinates, and addresses. You can add these results to the map. Added results are denoted with a flag.
This section describes how to perform a place search for the following:
- Finding a place by name
- Finding a location using coordinates
- Finding an address, intersection, or postal code
Finding a place by name
Esri Redistricting allows you to query for place-names. Place-names can include cities, airport codes, and places of interest.
You can find airports by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) code (three letters) or International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) code (four letters). Below is a list of sample IATA and ICAO codes by city.
| City name | IATA code | ICAO code |
|---|---|---|
Boston, MA, USA | BOS | KBOS |
Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT | KCLT |
New York, NY, USA | JFK | KJFK |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | LAX | KLAX |
Portland, ME, USA | PWM | KPWM |
To find a point of interest, monument, or other geographic entity, for example, Empire State Building or Golden Gate Bridge, you will improve the likelihood of locating the point of interest if you specify the country.
- To expand the Search panel,
click the right arrow
. Ensure Places is enabled. - Enter a place-name.
- Press Enter or click Find
.All services on the server are displayed in the results.
- Locate the result you want to add to your district map and click Add.
Note:
You can click a result to zoom to the extent of the result.
The location is denoted on the map with a flag.
Locations are stored in the Map Notes layer on the Map Contents panel. Use the Map Notes layer to control visibility of added locations.
Finding a location using coordinates
You can search for a location by specifying latitude (north–south) and longitude (east–west) pairs. The latitude must be entered first.
Note:
Spherical coordinates are not always specified in the latitude-longitude order. When you enter coordinates, make sure that they are entered in this order.
Whether you use decimal degrees (DD), degrees/minutes/seconds (DMS), degrees/decimal minutes (DDM), or degrees/minutes/decimal seconds (DMDS), coordinates can be entered by using a minus sign (-) before the numeric value to signify the western or southern quadrants.
Values in DMS coordinates can be separated with special characters—for example, degree symbol (°), apostrophe/minute symbol ('), quotation mark/second symbol (")—when you paste coordinates that have been copied from other dialog boxes or applications.
Below is a list of sample geographic coordinate entries. To find the location of geographic coordinates, enter the coordinates in one of the following formats:
| Coordinate type | Example |
|---|---|
Decimal degrees and N/S/E/W | 40.7166667°N 74.0°W Note:The degree symbol (°) is optional. |
Decimal degrees and plus/minus | 40.7166667° -74.0° Note:The degree symbol (°) is optional. |
Degrees/minutes/seconds and N/S/E/W | 40°43'0"N 74°W Note:Spaces may be entered instead of degrees/minutes/seconds symbols. |
Degrees/minutes/seconds and plus/minus | 40°43'01" -74°0'0" |
Degrees/minutes/seconds and plus/minus with characters | 40d43m01s, -74d0m0s |
Degrees/minutes/seconds and plus/minus with colons | 40:43:01, -74:0:0 |
- To expand the Search panel,
click the right arrow . Ensure Places is enabled.
- Enter the coordinates.
- Press Enter or click Find .
All services on the server are displayed in the results.
- Locate the result you want to add to your district map and click Add.
Note:
You can click a result to zoom to the extent of the result.
The location is denoted on the map with a flag.
Locations are stored in the Map Notes layer on the Map Contents panel. Use the Map Notes layer to control visibility of added locations.
Finding an address, intersection, or postal code
Esri Redistricting allows you to search for an address, intersection, or postal code.
To find an address, you can increase the likelihood of successful results by using commas to separate lines in the address and include as much information about the address as you can, for example, 380 New York St. Redlands, CA 92373.
To find an intersection, specify the names of the two streets that intersect separated by an ampersand (&) character, followed by the city in which the streets are located, for example, Oak St & Divisadero St San Francisco, CA.
To find a U.S. ZIP Code area, type the five-digit code in the Search panel text box, for example, 92373. You can also enter ZIP+4 codes, for example, 92373-8100.
- To expand the Search panel, click the right arrow . Ensure Places is enabled.
- Enter an address, intersection, or postal code.
- Press Enter or click Find .
All services on the server are displayed in the results.
- Locate the result you want to add to your district map and click Add.
Note:
You can click a result to zoom to the extent of the result.
The location is denoted on the map with a flag.
Locations are stored in the Map Notes layer on the Map Contents panel. Use the Map Notes layer to control visibility of added locations.